Railroad-tie.



F. A. DAVIS.

RAILROAD TIE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. I4, I915.

1,169,014. v 1 atented Jan. 18, 1916.

FLOYE A. DAVIS, 01? SONESTO'WN, PENNSYLVANIA.

RAILROAD-TIE.

Application filed August 14-, 1915.

1 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FLoYn A. DAVIS, a citizen of the l'nited States, residing at Sonestown, in the county of Sullivan and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railroad-Ties; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in railroad ties and the prineipal object of the invention is to provide a tie which. will prevent rails from sinking, creeping or spreading.

i-tnotl'ier object of the invention is to pro ride a device which will avoid the necessity of using a gage to insure the proper spacing of the rails.

A further object of the in ention is to provide a novel means for at? mug the rails to the tie which enable the sane to be easily and quickly removed in order that new rails may be substituted therefor.

With these and other ol'- ,ects in view, the invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts which will be fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure l is a top plan view showing my improved tie as it would appear when in use. Fig. 2 is a side view in elevation. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional View on line 3-3 of Fig. 1, and Fig. l: is a vertical view on line 4--L of Fig. 2.

Referring now to the drawings by characters of reference, the numeral 1 designates the body of the tie formed of metal, concrete or a similar substantially indestructible inatcrial. This tie is cwned at each end with a shoulder 2 forming an abutment as clearly shown in Fi 2. The upper face 4 of each shoulder lies in a plane with the upper face of the central portion of the tie and the inclined laces (2 extend from the. central portion to much shoulder as clearly shown in Fig. 2.

Formed in the tie at the point where the faces (3 join the Face 5 are the recess 7 in which the cushioning blocks scat. Formed at spaced distaners with relation to the reoesscs 7 and extending transversely of the tie in parallel relation to the recesses are the keyhole slots 9 in which the bolts 10 are slidablc. The shanks of the bolts extend up- Specification of Letters Patent.

Fatented Jan. 1.8, 1916.

Serial No. 45,540.

wardly through the slots and beyond the upper faces 5 and G and provide a means by which the rail securing members are held in place.

The central rail securing member is designated generally by the numeral 11 and comprises the body 12 formed at each end with a notch 13 which forms the tongue 14 proriding the rail flange engaging portion. This plate or body 12 formed with a plurality of openings through which the bolts 10 extend and it will be seen that when the bolts are placed in position and the nuts slipped over the ends thereof the plate 11 will be held in place thus spacing the rails to the proper gene.

Cooperating; with the rail securing plate 11 are the plates designated generally by the numeral 15 comprising the body 16 one end of which is provided with the rail flange engaging portion 17. while the opposite end 1S inclined as at 18 to firmly lie against the face 3 of the shoulder It will be noted that the plate 1.6 is of a thickness equal to the height of the shoulder and that the same is held in place in the manner identical with the securing means of the plate 11.

It. will be apparent from the foregoing that in use the ties are laid in the usual manner and the rails are then poisitioned on the upper face so that they rest on the cushioning blocks 8 and the inner flanges thereof licheneath the tongues ii and it will thus be scen that the rails are spaced to the proper gage. ihe rail securing members 16 are then secured. in place on the inclined faces (3 and it will thus be seen that the tongues 17 overlie the outer flanges ol the rails and hold the same firmly in pl: ce. It will be. obvious that the seats 18 of the rail securing, plates 15 abut the inner faces 3 of the lugs 2, thereby preventing outward morement of the rails and the plates.

While in the foregoing; there has been Show." and described the preferred embodinieut ol'this invention, it is to be understood.

that such changes may he made in the combiuation and arrangement of parts as will fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

lVhat is clain'icd 1. A railroad tie comprising, :1 body, shoulders formed at the ends of the body, the upper face oi the central portion of the body extending in a plane with the upper face of each shoulder for a distance equal to the points where the inclined faces join the central portion with recesses and also having keyhole slots extending transversely of its upper face, cushioning blocks positioned in the recesses, rail securers 'on the upper face of the tie and bolts slidable in the key hole slots and extending through the securers to hold the same in place on a tie.

2. A. railroad tie comprising a body, shoulders formed at each end of the body, the upper face of the tie lying in a plane with the upper face of the shoulders between the rails, the portions of the tie intermediate the upper face and the shoulders being downwardly inclined, the point where the inclined faces join the upper face of the tie being provided with recesses, cushioning blocks within the recesses, the tiebeing formed at spaced intervals with trans 'ersely extending keyhole slots, bolts in the slots and means secured to the tie by means of the bolts to hold railnoad rails in place on the R. D. KEHRER, CLYDE SHEETS. 

